Equipment
<table>
<tr><td>Gun and all-purpose utility belt</td></tr>
<tr><td>Large steel hammer (similar to a judge’s gavel, but bigger and more metalier)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Metal cross</td></tr>
<tr><td>Wine skin filled with holy water</td></tr>
<tr><td>Black trench coat designed with inner clasps to hold two torches and 20ft length of rope and pockets to hold parchment paper, pen and inch, matches, stamp for the official seal of “The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple” in which to notarize documents</td></tr>
<tr><td>Two torches</td></tr>
<tr><td>20ft length of rope</td></tr>
<tr><td>Parchment paper</td></tr>
<tr><td>Pen and ink</td></tr>
<tr><td>Stamp for the official seal of “The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple” in which to notarize documents</td></tr>
<tr><td>White powdered wig</td></tr>
</table>

Bio:

Sir Gideon “the Judge” Hammerstein, former magistrate of the English courts in London (where he was born and raised), was schooled at the prestigious Oxford University. His attendance at the school was a result of a sizable inheritance from his late Grandfather, Augustus Hammerstein, rather than a product of his intellectual prowess. Sir Hammerstein (a title which Gideon claimed for himself due to his affinity to the Knights Templar and their ideals), managed to trudge through law school on little more than basic critical thinking and a lot of luck. Some would say his staunch Roman Catholic beliefs clouded his ability to fully accept the rules and regulations of English society, which ultimately led to his disenchantment of the court system.

Sir Hammerstein was afforded the position of Chief Magistrate of Dunesburry, a small outcropping community Northeast of London, due to the untimely (and unknown) death of the previous Chief Magistrate. With his newfound power, Sir Hammerstein began to execute his own brand of justice, ruling harshly in zealot fashion. Sir Hammerstein was quick to sentence with his custom steel gavel, which was actually an old smithy hammer that had been in his family for generations. The steel hammer was one of the last remaining ties to his family, none of which made it past the age of 35, and all of which died from what seamed to be a mix of plague and insanity.

Certain that his family’s curse was due to unholy acts of occult tracing back to the actions of his forefathers and related in stories whispered as secrets during his childhood, Gideon was determined to stamp out all unholy acts in society. His cruel and shadowed sentencing quickly led to Dunesburry’s distaste of Sir Hammerstein’s judgment. Some say Sir Hammerstein feared his predecessor’s fate would soon befall him, while others say it was the news of strange and unholy happenings in America that spurred his journey across the Atlantic. At any cause, Sir Gideon ‘The Judge’ Hammerstein landed in Newport, RI, and was ready to pass judgment.